Value Line (VALU) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026)
Value Line (VALU) reported Operating Margin of 12.76% for fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), down 4.63 percentage points from 17.38% a year earlier but up 12.52 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Value Line (VALU) Operating Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jul 31, 2026, Value Line's Operating Margin came in at 10.83%, down 5.36 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Apr 30, 2026), it came in at 12.05%, down 5.01 percentage points from FY2025.
- Operating Margin has declined for three consecutive fiscal years, with a five-year change of -6.60 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, Operating Margin came in at 17.06% in FY2025 (-7.32 pp), 24.38% in FY2024 (-4.51 pp), 28.90% in FY2023 (+2.25 pp) and 26.65% in FY2022 (+8.00 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Operating Margin spans a low of 0.24% in fiscal Q4 2026 and a high of 31.52% in fiscal Q2 2023.
- Year over year, Operating Margin has now declined in each of the last 12 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -5.85 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Operating Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2022 (a gain of 20.24 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q4 2024 (a drop of 11.84 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q1 2027 came in at 0.24% (Q4 2026), 12.13% (Q3 2026) and 17.67% (Q2 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warner Bros. Discovery | 77.37 Bn | 63.04 Bn | 4.10 Bn | 2.72% |
| 2 | Fox | 26.93 Bn | 12.84 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Omnicom | 20.34 Bn | 3.04 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 14.06% |
| 4 | News | 15.87 Bn | 8.07 Bn | - | - |
| 5 | Paramount Skydance | 11.07 Bn | 8.99 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | Pearson | 10.15 Bn | 7.29 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | New York Times | 10.00 Bn | 7.49 Bn | 394.61 Mn | 15.48% |
| 8 | Sirius Xm Holdings | 8.68 Bn | 8.26 Bn | 1.44 Bn | 21.85% |
| 9 | 36Kr Holdings | 5.97 Bn | 5.91 Bn | - | - |
| 10 | Value Line | 378.47 Mn | 125.78 Mn | - | 12.76% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | 12.76% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.24% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 12.13% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 17.67% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 17.38% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 9.90% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 17.44% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 19.73% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 20.79% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 16.53% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 24.44% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 27.83% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 28.19% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 28.37% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 29.94% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 31.52% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 25.70% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 28.86% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 28.03% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 27.44% |
Value Line Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "VALU", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=VALU&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();